WATD-FM is a radio station

Radio station

Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

 carrying local news and features for the South Shore of Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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 (comprising Norfolk and Plymouth counties), with music shows in jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

, oldies

Oldies

Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....

 from the 1950s through the 1970s, and classic hits

Classic hits

Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...

. Founded and owned by local entrepreneur Edward Perry and licensed to Marshfield, Massachusetts

Marshfield, Massachusetts

Marshfield is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on Massachusetts's South Shore. The population was 25,132 at the 2010 census.See also: Green Harbor, Marshfield , Rexhame, Marshfield Hills, and Ocean Bluff and Brant Rock....

, the station went live on December 6, 1977.

Programming

The station carries news between 5-9 AM on weekdays, with features from AP Radio. Classic hits predominate between 9 AM-7 PM on weekdays, while various oldies, jazz and blues shows fill the rest of the programming week. Talk shows are featured on Saturday mornings, while religious-oriented shows and talk programs are featured Sunday mornings. It is also one of Boston's only classic hits

Classic hits

Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...

 stations not broadcasting wall-to-wall Christmas music

Christmas music

Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...

during the months of November & December.

External links

• WATD official website